Big Boy Baz

Ok i am a very happy bunny. this may be old news to you but i have just read the small print on the latest proposal for the new Congestion charge. and it would appear to me that as long as you have registered before Feb 08 for the 100% discount, you will keep it till July 2009. I am amazed. see section B) below: If i am wrong dont tell me for a least a week as i go off to celebrate. Jon From 4 February 2008, the current discount for alternative fuel vehicles would be phased out and replaced by the Low CO2 discount. No new applications for the alternative fuel discount would be accepted by TfL from 4 February 2008. Of those vehicles that are on TfL’s alternative fuel discount register prior to that date: a) Any cars and N1 utility vehicles that meet the requirements for the Low CO2 discount would be automatically transferred to that new discount; and B) Any vehicles that do not meet the requirements for the Low CO2 discount would continue to receive a 100% discount until 6 July 2009, provided that the vehicle remained in the same ownership during that period. Following the proposed end of the alternative fuel discount on 6 July 2009, it is proposed that cars which emit greater than 225g/km of CO2 and cars registered before March 2001 with engine capacities over 3,000cc (around four per cent of alternative fuel discount cars) would be liable for the £25 higher charge. Vans and lorries would be subject to the standard £8 daily congestion charge, unless they meet the Euro V air quality standard. The standard £8 charge would also apply to any vehicles not liable for the £25 higher charge, or eligible for the Euro V discount or any other discounts.

Wow i am sooooo grateful, I have a 2005 RX400h Just spent just over an hr on my garage and did the following. Firstly i did the Bluetooth mod as this was the one annoying me the most. rather than adding a switch i first wanted to test the theory. I was goinmg to take photos for you but the attached document is so clear and easy to follow that it needs no more. After being ammazed that the wire in the specified location was indeed light blue, i went at it with the snips, I then quickly clipped back the satnav and fired it up......panic - not working, ok it obviously needs the radio connected as well. so i connect the radio and head off down the rd.......fantastic i can use all phone options. I then decided that actually i had no reason to put a switch on this, there is never a time that i need the restriction back on again and as far as i can tell there are no side affects, so i taped the wires so they dont short and screwed the sat nav, radio and dash back together. The sat nav mod, was even easier, as it involved far less dismantling of my £30k toy. Having cut that one, i did find that the functions were all available but the gps locator was a bit screwed, so the switch on this one is necessary. Basically if you want to make changes and use the functions, activate your switch, then when done, switch back again and all will be fine. I had a simple sigle pole single throw switch from maplin and fitted it in the location as shown in the document. All done. thanks guys i was so worried that i would never be able to do it. A few tips: 1) dont be scared it is not difficult, just be really anal when identifying the wires. 2) to find the hidden bolts you want your head down by the gear knob and look upwards you will see then. 3) use a magnetic nut driver, unscrew loads untill you are sure you have un donw it and pull out slowly, try to get another finger in to hould the bolt as you withdraw. (i dropped one, but i really am not bothered too much, the radio is so tightly in with the others) if you do drop it you can get it from the side panels but i could not ve arsed. 4)have someone else to hold the radio/sat nav as you remove them you will need two hands to disconnect the wires and you dont want to srtch it by resting it on the gear stick. 5) dont use a switch for the phone, just cut it. have fun dont be worried, after all, if you cut the wrong wire, just use a joint block to join it back again. if you are not up for soldering, just use terminal blocks (chocolate blocks) This does not void your waranty, the waranty is on the kit not the cabling and people like halfords attack the wiring loom all the time. Big Boy!!!